> On Monday 04 November 2002 19:05, Tony Alfrey wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Sorry for the dual post. > > I posted a similar message on the kde list and haven't gotten a > > response and I thought some of you might have seen similar > > behavior. Thanks. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-------- ----- > > > > I'm having a problem with writing a personal kde directory. > > I select KDEHOME=$HOME/.kde3 in my startup script. > > I can get the correct behavior as a normal user; I can get a > > directory /home/tony/.kde3 to appear with all the various > > preferences/configurations when kde3 starts up but I cannot get the > > same for root. In other words, I can not get kde to create a > > directory /root/.kde3. I can manually make such a directory but > > kde ignores it. I can echo $KDEHOME and see /root/.kde3. > > Can anyone guess what is going on or has anyone else seen this in > > kde-3.0.4?? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-------- ----
The solution from a kind individual at kde bugs: "For the "root" user you have to set the KDEROOTHOME variable." -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'd Rather Be Sailing" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
